Two very different vocalists from two very different eras have past on within the past month. Neither ever meant too much to me at any point in my life though I can say my life has been touched because of their saturation into pop culture. These are both people who brought much joy to people around the world with their music and that's what matters.
I recall watching Davy Jones in The Monkees as a kid and being amused and liking the show and enjoying the songs even though
Day Dream Believer wasn't my favorite song by the group. I think he was more of a teen heart throb for the girls who watched the show, even in the 80s when the band had a small rebirth. Davy reportedly passed on a massive heart attack at the age of 66.
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| RIP Davy |
Whitney Houston's death was a bit more troublesome as it appears to have been alcohol and prescription drug oriented. You've heard all the clamor about the dangers of these over the counter drugs when they are mixed with booze, it's been all over the news. It's sad she found solace in so much drug abuse from crack to all that other stuff. Whitney is the queen of the Grammy's, winning ore than anybody else in history. She had huge songs all over the radio like
The Greatest Love of All,
Saving All My Love For You and I will Always Love You which were all tremendously well sung power pop ballads. It's hard to imagine a pop music world before her and it's difficult to imagine what the pop world have been without her.
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| RIP Whitney |
